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### 36.7 Environment Variables

: getenv (var) ¶

  Return the value of the environment variable var.

  For example,

      getenv ("PATH")

  returns a string containing the value of your path.

  See also: setenv, unsetenv.

: setenv (var, value) ¶
: setenv (var) ¶
: putenv (…) ¶

  Set the value of the environment variable var to value.

  If no value is specified then the variable will be assigned the null string.

  See also: unsetenv, getenv.

: status = unsetenv (var) ¶

  Delete the environment variable var.

  Return 0 if the variable was deleted, or did not exist, and -1 if an error occurred.

  See also: setenv, getenv.

: homedir = get_home_directory () ¶

  Return the current home directory.

  On most systems, this is equivalent to `getenv ("HOME")`. On Windows systems, if the environment variable `HOME` is not set then it is equivalent to `fullfile (getenv ("HOMEDRIVE"), getenv ("HOMEPATH"))`

  See also: getenv.